"Afraid of More Work, So I Faked the Closure"... Absurd Motive Revealed

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The motive behind a police inspector in Jeju who falsely closed a missing person case by lying that she had made contact with the missing individual has been revealed. It turned out to be the burden of handling the case—meaning she simply didn't want more work.

Reporter Kwon Min-ji from JIBS.

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Police Inspector Bu, who faces charges of falsely closing a missing person case, steps out of the detention center a week after being arrested.

[Do you have anything to say to the bereaved families? More false closures came out in the full inspection, why did you do it? ...] [Silence]

Inspector Bu is accused of falsely informing a reporter that she had spoken directly with a missing person named Mr. Jang regarding a missing person report filed last May.

She closed the case in the missing persons profiling system by entering a false reason of "death in a traffic accident."

In another missing person report involving a man in his 60s filed last July, she also falsely notified that contact had been made, and similarly closed the case after entering false information that his whereabouts had been found.

Both missing persons were later found dead.

During police questioning, Inspector Bu confessed to all charges.

Regarding her motive, she stated that she took the case carelessly because the missing person was an ordinary adult and falsely closed it due to the burden of handing over the case.

Based on the analysis of five profilers, the police concluded that her self-control collapsed due to accumulated work pressure and stress combined with an introverted and evasive personality.

[Jung Tae-woon / Head of Investigation Unit, Jeju Provincial Police Agency: The main background was a work-shirking motive amid fatigue from accumulated work burdens and heavy responsibilities, combining with the suspect's evasive and irresponsible attitude.]

However, as it was confirmed that internal reports to superiors were made in both cases, the task of clarifying responsibility beyond Inspector Bu still remains.

The police have sent Inspector Bu into detention on charges including dereliction of duty about 20 days after launching an investigation into her.

(Video Coverage: Kang Myung-chul, Ko Seung-han / JIBS)

Kwon Min-ji, JIBS
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